Telegram-herald., 1887-04-13
NOT QUITE 50 BAD
The Value OF the Raiiroaders
Doodle Falling On.
DYNAMITE BOMBS AMONG THE EFFECTS
Ths Detectives 9obois 1ooos fsoa-
estiy Osnsd-Ths Value OF the
Goods Stolen Ooiy S5. .0oO-
Mea Released On Bail.

PfrTssrRs. Pa. April i2--The Piitsturg.
Cincinnati & 81. Louis Railway coEnpany.
having succeeded in aFrsstinx the men they
we're asser, there Is great falling OF ia the
estimate Of the value OF the goods stolen
rom the trains. Assistant General Freight
Asent Mcczbs. through whose department
Ell claims for stolen and lost freight must
pass, said this evening The statement
that the value OF the goods stolen was s'0o,-
co 70 500 coo i pEepostefous. All claims
for losses have been settled IN this offlce.
and the value OF the goods stolen - not
s. COO. The value Of the articles recovered
by the detectives vas estimated by them
more on the space the plumber occupied IN
their office than is real worth. The largest
single loss 70 any shipper Was the guns and
reyolyers taken ~ the time OF the Sheridan
Station fight. That claim was adjusted for
less than 500. The statement that guam
titles Of jeweiry and silyerwsre had been
stolen Is untrue. That class Of goods al
most invariably goes by express There
were no cars containing United States
bonded goods broken into: so that the
story about finely imported fabrics being
among the plunder IS not true either. The
communion service stolen and found in
this city was worth Sl25 and Was settled for.
The officers however, who worked up the
case deserve Just as much credit as though
million dollars worth had been stolen
They have broken up gigantic system OF
robbery that in time would have exceeded
that amount"
Mr. McCebe's statement in q manner
confirms the allegations of the families OF
some of the prisoners that the raiding
officers took articles from their homes
when had been obtained honestly. In the
instance of Mrs. Hastings, wife Of one OF
the prisoners, she was only able TO
retain bed and window drapery
by presenting receipted bill for the same
from Rttsburg merchant. This afternoon
Attorneys Montooth, Coyle. Reardon. Ro-
wand. Sullivan, Henry Cocbrsne, Blakely,
Moore and Edmundson called and held
consultations with the prisoners At q
later hour the attorneys voiced the opinion
that their several clients would be released
for want Of evidence.
During the day Mack Roberts, John
Hastings. K. II. Kuhn and z. NJ. Maple
were released on $4,000 bail. Elmer Young.
J. y. Mullin and J. N. Armstrong were
Committed this afternoon. {. III. Laughlin
rested By mistake. Detectives GiikInson
and Rue think that there is scarcely flaw
In the evidence they have woven about a
majority of the prisoners, and are confident
that not one of them will escape deserved
punishment
The cOnhscated trunks have not vet been
opened, nor will they until next Monday,
the time Of the hearing before Deputy
Mayor Gripp.
Special officer Miller, while rummsging
through the effects OF one of the ringleaders
OF the Pan Handle robbers, was brought up
standing IN short order by the discovery Of a
package containing six large dynamite cart
ridges. sufficient in quantity 10 blow up the
largest building in the city. The package
was tenderIy laid upon table, and further
investigation disclosed a lot of fuse
aud caps. Immediately sfer the finding of
dynamite. an investigation was begun, the
result of which, however. the detectives re-
fused 10 make public. They even declined
TO give the name OF the man in whose room
the stuff Was found. Officer Miller inti-
mated that the object of the robber in Sc
curing and storing the dynamite was known
and that il would make good reading when
the proper time for its disclosure came.